Game Design

[GrimReaper23]

What is the Major called for Game design? is it computer graphics?

 

[raross]

Right now there are a lot of schools in the process of making a game design degree. There are not many right now, and they are extremly hard to get into. One for instance that I know off the top of my head is WPI. Which is a very good school and is pretty difficult to get into. They call this major: Interactive Media and Game Development.

However you will be seeing a lot more 4 year programs pop up everywhere as the gaming industry is now outperforming the movie industry based on gross money earned. So its a great field to get into, and now they can specialize people for games which is a good thing. Before you would just get a masters in computer science and then get into the game industry. A lot of the old game designers actually had PhD's also.

 

[Merz]

http://www.devry.edu/programs/game_and_simulation_programming/about.jsp

A brand new program course from Devry. May be worth looking into.

 

[Gigabite]

Im going at ITT-Tech for multimedia associate's and then if I decide I might go 2 more years to get their game design and digital entertainment bachelor's.

http://www.itt-tech.edu/teach/list/degd.cfm

Or I might go for 2 years after this to Art institute online, which has game art and design bachelor's.

http://www.aionline.edu/programs/on...ree.asp?program=Game Art and Design Bachelors

 

[raross]

and you will find a job at a cable company with a degree from ITT.

 

[Gigabite]

Lol, if it's at a corporate office for a cable company, then that would be great. I dont know, we'll see. I guess I'll just build up a nice portfolio and when I apply for a job give it to them.

 

[tech_101]

http://www.devry.edu/programs/game_and_simulation_programming/about.jsp

A brand new program course from Devry. May be worth looking into.

My cousin start there soon for graphic desighn <spelling>.

 

[raross]

Waste of money and time. One of my friends graduate from that program and he now works at the photography department at walmart.

 

[raross]

http://news.com.com/Dont+call+them+...r+major/2100-1043_3-5967887.html?tag=nefd.top

interesting article